The sales miracle created by "Minecraft" made the entire game industry a little dumbfounded.
It may be the cheapest vr game in history, and its profitability is not the strongest, but its sales growth rate is extremely terrifying.
Based on the current domestic situation, there are more than 1.3 billion mobile phone users, about 500 million PC users, and only about 100 million VR users.
At present, the number of people who own private cars in China is 156 million. Considering the limited purchase policy in many big cities, the number of people who can actually afford private cars should be far more than this number.
Generally speaking, anyone who can afford a private car can also afford a vr game pod. However, a vr game pod is pure entertainment equipment after all, so the number of players who actually buy a game pod is relatively small, only about 100 million .
But this is already a very large market.
In developed countries such as Europe and the United States, the popularity of VR game cabins is higher than that in China, and the market is also very considerable.
Judging from the current situation, the sales volume of "Minecraft" in the first month has exceeded 3 million. As long as there are a few more months, it will be no problem to break 10 million. That is to say, by that time, "Minecraft" will be installed on one out of every ten game pods.
This also means that this game is about to launch an impact on the "vr game with the highest installation rate".
After the sales miracle of "Minecraft" broke out, the game industry also began to study it. Even the game evaluation experts in the game committee published articles to analyze the special features of "Minecraft".
""Minecraft" is a very special VR game. Its biggest special feature is that it is a game that can give full play to players' imagination and creativity."
"Most existing games abstract a few rules from some entertaining activities in the real world, and then construct the entire game world."
"In this type of game, players follow simple and easy-to-understand rules in the game and strive to achieve goals to obtain a certain sense of satisfaction. This is the basic fun of these games."
"However, such a game should be regarded as a game in a narrow sense. The rules are fixed and cannot be changed at will, and the expansion is limited."
"However, if a rich gameplay is added to the game, it will dilute its original fun and even cause problems of unclear purpose."
"But in Minecraft, that doesn't happen."
"The gameplay of the game is very rich, you can survive, you can form a team, you can create, and you can use redstone to build all kinds of fun things."
"A thousand people have a thousand ways to play, and everyone can find the fun they want in this game."
"It's hard to say what the fun of "Minecraft" is. It can only be said that it gives you a space to load fun. You only need to load the fun you want into it and enjoy it to your heart's content."
As the popularity continues to rise, "Minecraft" has almost become the most topical vr game this month, and the limelight of "A Thousand Prisons" has been completely overshadowed.
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experience store.
Chen Mo was leaning on the sofa, testing the performance of "Minecraft" on the tablet.
The effect is ok, but definitely not comparable to the vr version.
When Chen Mo was developing "Minecraft", he first developed the PC version, and then ported it to the VR platform. As for "Minecraft" on the mobile platform, it's just a matter of chance.
But the problem is that compared with the vr version, the pc and mobile versions of "Minecraft" are equivalent to incomplete games, because the vr version of "Minecraft" was modified by Chen Mo, while the games on the other two platforms "My World" is only equivalent to the level of the previous life.
In other words, the pc and mobile versions of "Minecraft" do not have an online mode and a sightseeing mode (Chen Mo's world), and are relatively backward in art style and other aspects.
The PC version is relatively better, but the mobile version is a pain in the ass operation. In terms of movement, the performance of the virtual joystick in the 3D world is not very comfortable. Operations such as "click to place, long press to dig" are also difficult. not convenient.
Moreover, the mobile version is limited by the configuration and capacity of the mobile phone, so it will definitely not be able to carry large buildings. If you can’t play such a large building, the player will at most build a log cabin in the single player mode and play the survival mode, which is very fun Reduced.
In terms of the popularity of the vr version of "Minecraft", it is logical to launch the PC version and the mobile version. Chen Mo will definitely not miss this opportunity, but some details still need to be optimized.
While thinking about it, two people came in at the door of the experience store.
It looked like a father and a daughter. The father looked younger, in his forties, and the daughter was about twelve or thirteen years old.
The daughter took her father's hand: "Dad, is this the place where "Minecraft" was made?"
The voice is very soft and cute, it almost makes people cute.
Dad bent down dotingly and stroked her head: "Yes, you will be able to play "Minecraft" soon."
Chen Mo was a little surprised, because there seemed to be very few children in his experience store.
The rules of the experience store are the same as those of the Internet cafes, and minors cannot access the Internet.
Although minors can experience mobile games for a short period of time accompanied by their parents, this situation is too rare after all. Whose parents will take their children to experience stores to play mobile games
The father and daughter came to the front desk.
Dad said to the front desk: "Hello, I want to ask, can I experience "My World" here?"
Su Jinyu is no longer concurrently serving as the receptionist. The current receptionist is a young girl who just graduated from university.
She said a little embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, because "Minecraft" is currently a VR platform game, and there are only computers and mobile phones in the experience store, so there is no way to experience it."
Dad was stunned for a moment: "Huh? Can't you experience your own games in the experience store?"
The girl at the front desk said: "I'm very sorry, because "Minecraft" is our company's first VR game, and the experience store can't fit the VR game cabin, so I'm very sorry."
Dad was a little disappointed, but still nodded: "Okay, thank you."
The little girl pouted: "Daddy?"
Dad took her little hand to the door, squatted down: "Nini, good boy, there is no "Minecraft" in the experience store, why don't Dad think of another way."
The little girl's eyes were a little red, as if she was about to cry, but she nodded: "Well, then, Dad, let's go."
Dad squeezed Nini's little face guiltily, stood up and prepared to leave.
"Wait a minute." Chen Mo stood up, "Are you guys going to play Minecraft?"
Dad was taken aback: "Yes, you are?"
Chen Mo stretched out his hand: "I am Chen Mo, the designer of "Minecraft"."
Dad shook hands with Chen Mo and said in surprise, "You are the designer of "Minecraft"? It's a pleasure to meet you."
Chen Mo looked at Nini: "The little girl wants to play "Minecraft"?" 8)